As I noted last month, Google is facing potential lawsuits in the U.K. over its Safari browser/cookie breach. Ian Proctor reports that 156 potential plaintiffs have now joined the legal action.
Category: Breaches
MN: Audit finds common misuse of driver data
Eric Roper reports: Eighty-eight law enforcement personnel misused their access to driver’s license records in the last fiscal year, state auditors said Wednesday in a wide-ranging report pushing for better oversight of the database. The review by the state’s legislative auditor — highly anticipated by legislators and privacy advocates — said officers need better training in allowed…
New lawsuit over breach of driver’s license data joins ever growing list
Eric Roper reports: Another lawsuit emerged this week alleging that government employees misused driver’s license data, marking the latest of several legal battles over the issue now winding through federal court. […] In its third such lawsuit, law firm Farrish Johnson filed suit against the state this week on behalf of a man whose record…
If You’re Collecting Our Data, You Ought to Protect It
Natasha Singer reports: Last summer, employees at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration received an in-house newsletter illustrated with mock front pages of USA Today and The Washington Post and seemingly hyperbolic headlines like: “NASA Laptop Stolen, Potential Compromise of 10,000 Employees’ Private Information!” The catastrophizing turned out to be prescient. Read more on The New York…